<p>Who's going and on what date? I planned on going 6/14, but my summer class is overwhelming me atm. I'm thinking about switching to 6/28 if UT/McCombs lets me. </p>
<p>Orientation dates:
6/14
6/28
-Theres also one in August.</p>
<p>I’m going in August 18th. </p>
<p>I’m OOS thats why. I can just fly in, attend orientation, and then check into my dorm like a couple days later. </p>
<p>If i attended an earlier date, then i would have had to fly in twice. Once for orientation and another time to check into the dorm.</p>
<p>August seems like the perfect time for me as well, but I want to get this done and not risk the classes filling up/bad timings. I’m sure you’ll be fine though. Its a 4 hour drive for me, so its do-able. I’m curious to when majority of the transfers are going to go.</p>
<p>I would go to the earliest one if I was accepted already! I like picking/getting good profs/classes and not having to worry about bad ones. :/</p>
<p>I’m scheduled to go 6/14, i think ill leave on the 13th and tour apartments.</p>
<p>I’ve scheduled to go 6/14 too. Having trouble booking hotel thou.</p>
<p>I’m going on 6/14.</p>
<p>We should create a secret handshake so we can know who at orientation seeks/shares advice on these forums.</p>
<p>I’m going on 6/14, handshake sounds fun. Any engineering students coming?</p>
<p>rP242 ARE THEIR NO HOTELS AVAILABLE?</p>
<p>I’m going the 14th. But I will be down there the whole weekend to see old friends. Hopefully Monday isn’t too hot or rainy.</p>
<p>Anybody go on 28th? At the time I registered, 14th was no longer available. I hope I can make some friends!</p>
<p>I switched mine to the 28th. Regretting it now since so many people are going on the 14th, but really didn’t have a choice. </p>
<p>@ghff- I’ll be there.</p>
<p>@Xcellerator- Do you know of any transfer students that didn’t get the classes or professors they wanted? If anybody else knows about how fast classes/preferred professors fill up, please feel free to give your input. Getting worried intermediate accounting, BA 101, Marketing, etc will get full by the time the second orientation comes around. </p>
<p>The lady on the phone told me that thousands of people already registered because of re-enrollement + the freshmen are going to register this week + the students attending 6/14 transfer orientations. So there may be a risk going on the 28th, but then again, the people on the phone at UT, majority of the time, sound pessimistic and unfriendly IMO.</p>
<p>Denu - when I transferred this spring I couldn’t register until the week before classes started, and at first I didn’t get what/who I wanted, but I watched the classes I wanted in to for openings and was able to get in before the semester actually started. An unfortunate reality - people have payment issues of one type or another, and they get dropped, which sucks for them but is great for us transfers. Also, during add/drops some students get dropped for not having pre-reqs met or finding out their previous semester grades (because they registered before the semester was over) - when they don’t pass or earn the required grades for their next sequence course they have to shift their schedules around and it again creates openings for transfers/freshman.</p>
<p>For all other transfers: there will be a lot to do during orientation, and you will meet people, but if you want to meet more and get advice specifically for transferring I highly recommend the UTransition meeting - bonus is free tutoring hours at UTLC that I strongly urge everyone to take advantage of as you get your bearings.</p>
<p>Also, I’m on campus this summer, as I’m sure other board members are (who might be transfers to boot), so if anyone wants to try to arrange a meet-up let us know and we can share our “lessons learned” or just network.</p>
<p>Is transfer orientation the same as fall orientation? If I’m going to fall orientation but I’m in-state and not a transfer, do I get preference over transfers/ internationals/ oos?</p>
<p>@Sundol- Sounds risky, but gives me some hope if classes get full. As for UTransition, I’ll call them tomorrow and ask questions. If I have any other questions, I’ll PM you. During the semester, I’m pretty sure we can all meet up. We’ll arrange it in the future. Thanks.</p>
<p>Btw, include what school your going to (McCombs, LA, etc.) after including your orientation date. I think majority of the orientation will be spent at your college of choice.</p>
<p>bumppppppp</p>
<p>I’m going the 28th-College of Liberal Arts. :)</p>
<p>I can’t wait until orientation tomorrow! Is anyone else going? I’ll be receiving advising as an EE major.</p>
<p>7/5 is when my orientation is, does anyone else have the same?</p>